Poll: Shutdown, Russia drive Trump to all-time high disapproval — President Donald Trump's disapproval rating is at an all-time high amid a historically long partial government shutdown and concerns about the president's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

A “go big” idea to end the shutdown — A new immigration idea has been circulating over the past 24 hours at senior levels inside the White House and on Capitol Hill: Give a path to green cards to the 700,000 current DACA recipients, three sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.

A Letter from the President to Speaker Pelosi — Speaker of the House of Representatives — Dear Madam Speaker: — Thank you for your letter of January 3, 2019, sent to me long after the Shutdown began, inviting me to address the Nation on January 29th as to the State of the Union.

Gawker 2.0 Implodes as Its Only Reporters Quit — The new site's only two full-time writers exited Wednesday in protest of editorial director Carson Griffith's offensive remarks about everything from race to penis size. — Gawker 2. is blowing up on the launchpad just two weeks after the site's …

Top Dem: We would support $5.7B for a ‘smart wall’ — House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Wednesday said Democrats would be willing to provide $5.7 billion in border security funding to end the shutdown if the money is used for measures like a “smart wall.”

Shutdown expected to continue as federal workers' woes grow — It's been 33 days since the government shut down over a political impasse centered on a border wall most Americans don't support — and as many days have passed without significant movement on the Senate floor that could bring the shutdown to an end.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview — Sometimes 280 characters just aren't enough. The social media mogul takes on his critics — and tries to explain who he really is — When Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter in 2006, he had no idea he and his colleagues were creating …